Maximize Your Metabolism By Luigi Gratton, M.D., M.P.H.

Exercise training helps you burn more calories both during the day and at night. Total Caloric Expenditure is simply the total amount of calories that your body burns in one day. The vast majority of calories expended are used for the Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) or the "Resting Metabolism." This BMR accounts for over 70% of an individual's total calories used in one day. These are the calories your body uses to keep your engine running. Your body is like your car. Think of turning your car engine on in the morning and just letting it run in the driveway. The car sitting in the driveway burning fuel is like your BMR. The bigger the car engine, the more fuel it uses. So a big truck burns lots of fuel and gets maybe eight miles to the gallon while an economy car uses little fuel and gets 40 miles to the gallon. If you pushed down on the gas pedal and revved the engine, you would be burning more fuel, which is basically what you do when you exercise. The amount of muscle you have determines how many calories you burn everyday in a resting state. Each pound of muscle burns approximately 14 calories per day, so a big football player may burn over 3,000 calories/day at rest (BMR=3000). Meanwhile a tall and thin ballerina may burn only 1,200 calories/day at rest (BMR=1200). When you exercise, you build more muscle mass and increase the size of your engine, which is a good thing. That means that even while you sleep you will be burning more calories because you have increased your BMR. Imagine taking a small economy car and putting in a bigger engine that requires more fuel. That is the basic idea behind exercise training, fine-tuning your body's engine into a high-performance machine. Herbalife® Inner Nutrition products help provide you with the best fuel for your high-performance engine. With a variety of delicious shakes, bars, soups and soy nuts, Herbalife offers a wide selection of fuel for your body. This healthy fuel will help keep your engine fine-tuned for maximum caloric expenditure–even while you sleep. Tips for burning more calories: Exercise to increase muscle mass. Fuel up with Herbalife® nutrition products. Rev up your workout routine to burn more calories. Dr. Gratton also serves as Vice President of Medical Affairs and Education at Herbalife.

Two Benefits of Antioxidants

Two Benefits of Antioxidants

Antioxidants have numerous benefits. Here are two of them: Preventing muscle damage. The main benefit of antioxidant supplementation is that it reduces or prevents cellular damage following strenuous exercise. A “cocktail” of antioxidants neutralizes free radical molecules and promotes the healing and growth of muscle tissue during the recovery phase.
Improved recovery. Many experts in nutritional medicine think that the antioxidant vitamin E is also involved in the recovery process that follows exercise. Currently, the amount of vitamin E needed to produce these effects is unknown, but the prevailing opinion is that diet alone may supply enough vitamin E for most athletes.
Dietary Antioxidant Sources

• Green, leafy vegetables such as spinach and kale
• Broccoli and Brussels sprout
• Berries, cherries and red grapes
• Cranberries, apples and strawberries
• Citrus fruit
• Vegetable oils, nuts and avocados
• Red wine
• Dark chocolate
• Green tea, cinnamon, turmeric and curcumin
  

Recommended Daily Dose

• Vitamin C – 2,000 to 4,000 mg
• Vitamin E – 1,000 IU
• Carotenoids – 25,000 IU
• Zinc – 30 mg
• Selenium – 200 mcg
• Curcumin – 400 to 1,200 mg
• Green tea extract – 100 to 750 mg
• Resveratrol – 100-200 mg
• Alpha lipoic acid – 300 to 600 mg
• Pomegranate extract – 1,000 mg
  

Note: Always consult with your physician before starting or stopping any regimen if you are taking prescription or over-the-counter medication.